Indian policemen stand guard on a road, after Kashmiri separatists called for a day-long strike against the recent killings in Kashmir in March 2018. Kamran Yousuf, a freelancer working in the Jammu and Kashmir region, who contributes to the daily Greater Kashmir, has been in custody since September 5, 2017. (Reuters/Danish Ismail)

Indian court delays photojournalist's bail hearing

March 8, 2018 12:51 PM ET

New Delhi, March 8, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities to grant photojournalist Kamran Yousuf bail. The bail decision was expected March 7, according to newsreports, but has not been handed down yet. Yousuf, a freelancer working in the Jammu and Kashmir region, who contributes to the daily Greater Kashmir, has been in custody since September 5, 2017, after being arrested for allegedly throwing stones, according to reports. He faces charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy, and attempting to wage war against India, CPJ has documented.

"The prosecution has yet to present any credible evidence to support the charges against Yousuf," CPJ Deputy Executive Director Robert Mahoney said from New York. "Yousuf has already spent six months in jail and any fair examination of the facts should lead to immediate granting of bail."

In January, an Indian court transferred Yousuf's bail plea to a different court on the day a decision was expected, thus delaying the bail decision, according to the Indian Express.

India releases photojournalist Kamran Yousuf on bail

March 13, 2018 3:47 PM ET

New York, March 13, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomes the release on bail of Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yousuf and calls on Indian authorities to drop all remaining charges against him. Yousuf was granted bail by a National Investigative Agency (NIA) special court in Delhi on Monday and...

New York, February 16, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities and the National Investigative Agency (NIA) to immediately drop charges against photojournalist Kamran Yousuf and release him....

India charges photojournalist arrested in Kashmir in September with sedition, other crimes

January 18, 2018 12:39 PM ET

New York, January 18, 2018--India's National Investigation Agency today charged photojournalist Kamran Yousuf with criminal conspiracy, attempting to wage war against India, and sedition, according to news reports. Authorities charged Yousuf alongside 12 others accused of anti-state activities, reports said. Yousuf, a freelancer working in the Jammu and Kashmir...